What we say and how we say it is not as important as that we say it. Conversation is key to good mental health. The words we use expose our true self.
The art of communication is not dead but it needs attention to keep it on track and in tune. Self-expression through verbal communication is a way to either open doors or to close them. Words have power.
It’s important to think about what it is we have to say. Knowing what we know is of lesser value if we are unable to determine why it is that we know it. True conversation starts with ourself. The internal dialogue dictates and directs the external dialogue. What we hear inside our own head can have a very different meaning and impact once it’s verbalised.
An important step is to develop a healthy relationship with the person we know ourself to be. No-one knows us the way we know us. We know the depths of our understanding, our love and our pain in a way no other person can. At our psychological core it is not possible to live in denial.
Everyone is a unique individual. There are no carbon copies because each person experiences life in their own way.
When we talk it is important that we hear what we are saying. Truths that we may have been deliberately avoiding can be revealed in a chat when sincerity is included.
We must also hear what other people are saying. Listening is not hearing. The former is passive…the latter active.
Resolution is words put into action. Words are the fabric of conversation.
Gary Bentley Counselling 